537 pages : 24 cm

Includes indexes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-520)

Introduction -- The inspiration of the Old Testament -- The Hebrew manuscripts and the early versions -- Lower criticism and the Old Testament -- The Canon and the Old Testament -- History of the documentary theory of the Pentateuch -- Higher criticism of the Pentateuch in the Twentieth Century -- The authorship of the Pentateuch -- Variations and doublets as criteria for source division -- Late words and aramaisms as criteria for source division -- Wellhausen's reconstruction of Hebrew history in the preprophetic and prophetic periods -- Wellhausen's reconstruction of Hebrew history in the priestly period -- Archaeological evidence for the antiquity of the Pentateuch -- Genesis -- Genesis (continued) -- Exodus -- Leviticus and Numbers -- Deuteronomy -- Joshua, Judges, and Ruth -- 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings -- Introduction to the Prophets; Obadiah, Joel, and Jonah -- Amos, Hosea, and Micah -- Isaiah -- Isaiah (continued) -- Nahum, Zephaniah, and Habakkuk -- Jeremiah and Lamentations -- Ezekiel -- Daniel -- Daniel (continued) -- Postexilic Historical Books: 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther -- Postexilic Prophets: Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi -- Introduction to Hebrew Poetry -- Psalms -- The Books of Wisdom: Job and Proverbs -- Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon -- Appendix 1: Old Testament Chronology -- Appendix 2: Anachronisms and Historical Inaccuracies in the Koran -- Appendix 3: Anachronisms and Historical Inaccuracies in the Mormon Scriptures -- Appendix 4: Inventory of the Biblical Manuscripts from the Dead Sea Caves

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